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5 Nov., 1879. He was appointed midshipman in the U. S. navy in 1831, served on Capt. Charles Wiikes's exploring expedition in 1838-'42, was com- missioned lieutenant in 1841, and was placed on the retired list in consequence of failing health in 1851. He was then assigned to duty in the Sand- wich islands, where he was instrumental in effecting the Hawaiian treaty of reciprocity. He returned to active service in 1861, was made commander in 1802, with the charge of the naval forces at Port Royal, became captain in 1866, senior officer of the ordnance board in 1869-'70, and commodore in the latter year. He served as chief of bureau and act- ing secretary of the navy in ls?:j and again in 1*74. became rear-admiral in December, 1873, and in De- cember. 1877, was retired on account of continued illness. His last service was in command of the I". S. naval forces on the Asiatic station. Of Ad- miral Reynolds's services the secretary of the navy, Richard W. Thompson, in the order that announced his death, said : " In the administration of the du- t ies nmitted to him, he did much to improve- the personnel and efficiency of the enlisted men of the navy, and in the discharge of all the duties de- volving on him, during a long career in the ser- vice, he exhibited zeal, intelligence, and ability, for all of which he was conspicuous." Sec " Reynolds Memorial Address," by Joseph G. Rosengarten (Philadelphia. 1880). His brother, John Fulton, soldier, b. in Lancaster, Pa., 20 Sept., 1820; d. m-ar Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July, 1863, was graduated at the U. S. mili- tary academy in 1841, became 1st lieutenant in 1846,received the brevet of captain in Sept. of that year for his service at Monterey, and was given that of major for Buena Vista in January, 1*47. He became cap- tain in 1855, was mentioned in general ordi-rs for his services in the expedi-

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Rogue river Indians in Oregon, took part in the Utah expedition under Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston in 1858, and in 1859 became commandant of cadets at the U. S. military acad- emy. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 14th infantry in May. 1861, and on 30 Aug. briga- dier-general of U. S. volunteers, and was assigned to the command of the 1st brigade of Pennsylvania reserves. He was appointed military governor of Fredericksburg. Va., in May. 18H2, and was engaged at the battles of Mechaniesville, Gaines's Mills, ami Glendale, where he was taken prisoner. So great was his popularity in Fredericksburg that the mu- nicipal authorities went to Richmond and solicited his exchange. During his captivity he prepared a careful report of the operations of his command under Gen. George B. McClellan. He rejoined the army on his exchange, 8 Aug.. isr,','. was engaged in the campaign of northern Virginia, and commanded his division at the second battle of Bull Run. At a critical time in that battle, when his brigade, un- able to hold the enemy in check, fell back in con- fusion, observing that the flag-staff of the 2d regi- ment had been broken by a bullet, he seized the flag from the color-bearer and, dashing to the right, rode twice up and down the line, waving it and cheering his men. The troops rallied, and Gen. George H. Gordon, in his " Army of Virginia," says : ' Reynolds's division, like a rock, withstood the ad- vance of the victorious enemy, and saved the Union army from rout." He was assigned to the com- mand of the state militia in defence of Pennsyl- vania during the Maryland campaign, and on 29 Sept.. 1862, received the thanks of the legislature for his services. He was commissioned major-gen- eral of volunteers, 29 Nov., 1862, succeeded Gen. Joseph Hooker in command of the 1st corps of the Army of the Potomac, was engaged on the left at the battle of Fredericksburg. and was promoted colonel of the 5th U. S. infantry. 1 June, 1863. On the opening day of the battle of Gettysburg, 1 July, 1863, where he was in command of the left wing the 1st, the 3d, and the llth corps, and Buford's cavalry division he encountered the van of Lee's army, and. after making disposition of his men in person, and urging them on to a successful charge, he was struck by a rifle-ball that caused instant death. A sword of honor was awarded him by the enlisted men of the Pennsylvania reserves at the close of the peninsula campaign. The men of the 1st corps erected a bronze heroic statue of him, by John Q. A. Ward, on the field of Gettysburg, and -uli~ec[uently placed his portrait, by Alexander Laurie, in the library of the U. S. military acad- emy, and the state of Pennsylvania placed a gran- ite shaft on the. spot where he fell at Gettysburg. On 18 Sept., 1884, the Reynolds memorial asso- ciation unveiled in Philadelphia a bronze eques- trian statue of Gen. Reynolds, by John Ii'ogrr-. tin- gift of Joseph E. Temple. See " Reynolds Me- morial Address," by Joseph G. Rosengarten (Phila- delphia, 1880), and" " The Unveiling of the Statue of Gen. John F. Reynolds, by the Reynolds Me- morial Association " (1884).

REYNOLDS. William Morton, clergyman, b. in Fayette county, Pa.. 4 March, 1812 : d. in Oak Park, "ill., 5 Sept.'. 1876^ His father, George Reynolds, was a captain in the Revolutionary war, and a relative of Sir Joshua Reynolds. After graduation at the theological seminary at Gettysburg, Pa., in 1828, and at Jefferson college, Pa., in 1832, he became principal of the preparatory department in the newly established Pennsylvania college, afterward was made professor of Latin in the college department, and in IS:').