HURLBUT
HURST
1861 as brigadier-general of volunteers and was
stationed at various points in Missouri, 1861-62.
In Februar}', 1862, he was appointed commandant
of Fort Donelson. When Grant "s army moved
up the Tennessee river, he commanded the 4th
division and arrived at Pittsburg Landing a week
in advance of reinforcements, and, with his
single division, held the place. He took part in
the battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862, and for liis
services there was promoted major-general of
volunteers, Sept. 17, 1862. After the battle of
Corinth, Oct. 3 and 4, 1862, he left Bolivar and
pursued the retreating Confederates and engaged
them in battle at Hatchie Bridge, Oct. 6, 1862.
He was engaged in the Vicksburg campaign from
November, 1862, and on the reorganizing of the
forces under General Grant, Dec. 18, 1862, he
was made commander of the 16th army corps.
He was in command of Memphis in September,
1863, and on Feb. 3, 1864, led a column of Sher-
man's army in the expedition against Meridian.
He succeeded Gen. N. P. Banks to the command
of the Department of the Gulf in May, 1864, and
continued in command till mustered out of serv-
ice at the close of the war. He was the first
commander-in-chief G. A.R. 1866-68, and a pioneer
mover in the formation of the order of the Grand
Army of the Republic at Decatur, 111., April 6,
1866; was a representative in the Illinois state
legislature in 1867; a Republican elector-at-large
from Illinois in 1868; U.S. minister to Colombia,
S.A., 1869-73, by appointment of President Grant;
a representative in the 43d and 44th congresses
from the fourth district of Illinois, 1873-77; U.S.
minister to Peru, 1881-82, by appointment of
President Garfield, and came prominently before
the public in connection with the i^olicy of Secre-
tary Blaine in reference to that country. He died
in Lima. Peru, March 27, 1882.
HURLBUT, William Henry, journalist, was born in Charleston, S.C, July 3, 1827; son of the Eev. Martin Luther and Lydia (Bunce) Hurlbut, and a younger brother of Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (q.v.). He was graduated at Harvard, A.B. in 1847, and at the divinity school in 1849. He travelled in Europe and on his return was for a few years a Unitarian minister. He then took a course in the Harvard Law school. He devoted himself to journalism after 1855, first as a writer on Putnam's Magazine and on the Albion, and in 1857 he became a member of the editorial staff of the New York Times. He was a correspondent to that newspaper in the southern states in 1861, and while in Atlanta, Ga., was arrested by a vig- ilance committee, imprisoned, and subsequently released, but would not accept a passport to the North on the terms exacted. He finally made his escape through the Confederate lines in August, 1862. He was employed by the New York World,
1862-63; purchased the Commercial Advertiser in
1864, intending to publish it as a free-trade paper,
but the various parties in interest could not
agree. He was in Mexico in 1866, and was a guest
of Maximilian; represented the World in Paris
in 1867 and at the centenary festival of St. Peter
at Rome. He accompanied the U.S. expedition
to Santo Domingo in 1871; was editor-in-chief
of the World, 1876-83, and in 1883 went to
Europe, where he continued to reside during the
remainder of his life. He contributed to the
American and British periodicals and magazines.
He published: Gan-Eden, or Pictures of Cuba
(1854); General McClellan and the Conduct of the
War (1864); History of Santo Domingo (1872);
Ireland Under Coercion (1888), and several trans-
lations, hymns and poems. He died in Caden-
abbia, Italy, Sept. 4, 1895.
HURLEY, Dennis M., representative, was born in Limerick, Ireland, March 14, 1843. He immi- grated to America in 1850 and settled in Brook- lyn, N.Y., where he was educated in the public school. He became a carpenter and contractor, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the state assembly, 1881 and 1882. He was a Republican representative from the second district of New York iu the 55th and 56th congresses, 1897-99. He died at Hot Springs, Va., Feb. 26, 1899.
HURST, John Fletcher, M.E. bishop, was born in Dorchester county, Md., Aug. 17, 1834; son of Elijah and Ann (Colston) Hurst, and grandson of Samuel Hurst. He was graduated at Dickin- son in 1854; was a teacher in 1854-55; studied theology at the universities of Halle and Heidelberg, 1856-57; joined the Newark, N.J., con- ference of the Metho- dist Episcopal church in 1858, and filled various appointments in the district, 1858- 66. He was instruc- tor in theology in
the Methodist Mission -y'/ C^ 2ii ' J/^~~ institute, Bremen, ^^n^ ^r.JTU^ri^^^ Germany, 1866-69,
and during part of the time was director of the institute. He travelled in Europe, Syria and Egypt, 1869-71; was professor of historical theology at Drew seminary, Madison, N.J., 1871- 73, and president of the seminary, 1873-80. He was elected by the general conference in Cincin- nati, Ohio, in 1880, to the office of bishop, and his duties called him to visit all parts of the United States. He also made journeys to mission stations and conferences in Germany, Denmark,
