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TIEDEMAN


TIERXEY


of horse batteries in the cavalry fights at Aldie, Va., June 17-18 ; Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3, and in the pursuit of Confederates to the Rappahan- nock, July, 1863. On Aug. 28, 1863, he was ap- pointed colonel of the 4th N.Y. volunteer artil- lery, and with it defended Washington, August,

1863, to March, 1864, when, having made it 2000 strong, with 60 field guns, he joined Grant's army in Virginia, where he was assigned to the command of the artillery of Hancock's corps. He served from the Rapidan to Petersburg, May- July, 1864, and for gallant and distinguished services in this campaign, received the brevet of brigadier-general, U.S.V. He commanded the cadets at the U.S. Military academy. July-Sep- tember, 1864 ; the artillery of the 9th corps, and subsequently the entire artillery on the Federal line adjacent to Petersburg, from September,

1864, to April, 1865, taking part in all the engage- ments including the final assault, the evacuation of Richmond and the surrender of Lee's army. For his action in repulsing the enemy from Fort Steadman he received the brevet of colonel, U.S.A. ; for the final assault, major-general, U.S. v., and for the entire service, brigadier-gen- eral, U.S.A. He was mustered out of the volun- teer service, Sept. 80, 1865. and returned to the regular army as captain, 2d U.S. artillery, and joined his battery. December, 1865, at the Pre- sidio of San Francisco, Cal. He was appointed major, Feb. 5, 1867 ; commanded the district of Astoria, Oregon, August, 1867-July, 1868 ; the district of Kenai, Alaska, 1868-70, and all of Alaska, with headquarters at Sitka, 1870-71. He was married secondly, in 1870, to Mary Langdon, daughter of General N. G. T. and Sue L. M. (Sandford) Dana. He was stationed at Yerba- buena Island, San Francisco, Cal., conducting expeditions to quell Indian troubles, 1871-72 ; commanded the post at Raleigh, N.C., 1872-74; superintendent, artillery school, Fort Monroe, Va., 1874-80 ; aide-de-camp with rank of colonel to the general of the army, Jan. 1, 1880, to Feb. 8, 1884, and served as president of the board of artillery officers, 1881. He was promoted lieu- tenent-colonel, 3d U.S. artillery, June 30, 1882, and colonel, 1st U.S. artillery, March 22, 1885. He commanded the U.S. Artillery school and post at Fort Monroe, Nov. 1, 1883-Jan. 25, 1889, when, having reached the age limit, he was re- tired from active service. He is the author of : Manual of Heavy Artillery Service (1880), offi- cially adopted for the use of the army and militia of the United States and as a text book at the academy.

TIEDEMAN, Christopher Gustavus, legal author, was born in Charleston, S.C., July 16, 1857 ; son of Otto and Caroline Amelia (Corby) Tiedeman, He was graduated from the College


of Charleston, A.B., 1876, A.M., 1879 ; studied law in Charleston, 1876-77, and continued his studies in the universities of Gottingen and Leip- zig, 1877-78. He was graduated from Columbia Law school, LL.B., 1879 ; practised in St. Louis, Mo., 1880; was assistant professor of law in the University of Missouri, 1881-82. and professor of law, 1882-91, and held a similar position in the University of the City of New Yoik, 1891-97, from which university he received the honorary de- gree of LL.M. in 1892, and that of LL.D. in 1895. He married, May 26, 1885, Helen Bruce, daughter of Jonathan H. and Virginia Seymour of Hagers- town, Md. He was elected dean of the Buffalo Law school in the spring of 1902, and was still discharging the duties of that office in 1903. He is the author of : The Law of Real Property (1883); Limitations of the Police Poiver (1886); Commercial Paper (.1889) ; Unwritten Constitu- tion of the United States (1890); Sales of Personal Property (1891); Munieijml Corporatioyis (1893); Cases of Real Property (1897) ; Bills and Notes (1898) ; State and Federal Control of Persons and Property (1900), and contributions on legal topics to various jovirnals.

TIERHAN, Frances Christine (Fisher), au- thor, was born in Salisbury, N.C., July 5, 1846; daughter of Col. Charles Frederic and Elizabeth (Caldwell) Fisher ; granddaughter of Charles and Christina (Beard) Fisher, and of David Franklin and Fanny (Alexander) Caldwell. She was educated at home, and at an early age devoted herself to literary pursuits. She was married, Deo. 29, 1887, to James M. Tierman of Maryland, whom she accompanied to Mexico, where Mr. Tierman had mining interests. After her hus- band's death in January, 1898, Mrs. Tierman made her home in New York city. Her first novel, Valerie Aylmer, was published in 1870, under the pen name of " Cliristian Reid," which she continued to use in all her literary work. The titles of her publications include : Morton House (1872); A Daughter of Bohemia (1874); The Land of the Sky (1875); A Question of Honor (1877); Heart of Steel (1882); Armiue (1884); The Land of the Sun (1894), and many popular Catholic stories and contributions to magazines.

TIERNEY, Michael, R.C. bishop, was born at Ballylooby, county Tipperary, Ireland, Sept. 29, 1839. He came to the United States and was graduated from St. Joseph's seminary, Troy, N.Y., being ordained May 26, 1866, by Bishop Conroy. After serving as priest for twenty-eight years, he was elected bishop of Hartford to suc- ceed the Rt. Rev. L. S. McMahon, deceased, and was consecrated at Hartford, Conn., Feb. 22, 1894. by Archbishop Williams of Boston, assisted by Bishops Harkins and Beaven. His diocese comprised the entire state of Connecticut.