of the navy to Capt. Adams of the frigate Sabine, then at Pensacola. Anticipating a speedy outbreak of hostilities, he committed his despatches to memory on the road, and destroyed them. On his arrival at Pensacola he was arrested by the confederate authorities, but released by order of Gen. Bragg and permitted to go on board the frigate. On his return northward he was again arrested near Montgomery by order of Gen. Bragg, and kept in the county gaol until November, when he was released on parole, and ordered to report to the adjutantgeneral at Richmond. Thence he was sent to Norfolk and exchanged. His health being impaired, he remained in New York until Feb. 1862, and then took command of the Ericsson battery Monitor, with which he engaged the Merrimac in Hampton roads, March 9. (See HAMPTON ROADS, in this supplement.) During the fight a shell from the Merrimac struck the pilot house of his vessel, and severely injured him by driving into his eyes powder from the shell and small particles of iron. After his recovery he was ordered on special duty in connection with the new iron-clad gunboats, of one of which, the Montauk, he now (Dec. 1862) has command. He was promoted to the rank of commander in the summer of 1862.

WRIGHT, GEORGE, brigadier-general of volunteers in the U. S. army, born in Vermont about 1803, was graduated at West Point in 1822 and appointed 2d lieutenant in the 3d infantry; became 1st lieutenant Sept. 23, 1827; was adjutant from 1831 to 1836; became captain Oct. 30, 1836; was transferred to the 8th infantry July 7, 1838; was brevetted major for good conduct in the war against the Florida

VOLLICOFFER, FELIX K., a general in the Maury co., Tenn., May 19, 1812, killed at the battle of Mill Spring, Jan. 19, 1862. He was educated at an academy in his native county, learned the trade of a printer, and in 1829 undertook to edit a newspaper at Paris, Tenn. In 1835 he was elected state printer, and in 1842 he re moved to Nashville and became the editor of the "Banner," an influential whig journal; in 1845 he was chosen comptroller of the state treasury, and was twice reëlected to that office, going out of it in 1849, when he was chosen to the state senate. While a member of that body he became a contractor for building the suspension bridge across the Cumberland river at Nashville, after which he resumed and for

Indians, March 15, 1842, lieutenant-colonel for gallantry at Contreras and Churubusco, Ang. 20, and colonel for gallantry at Molino del Rey, Sept. 8, 1847, where he was wounded; became major of the 4th infantry Jan. 1, 1848, lieutenant-colonel Feb. 3, 1855, and colonel of the 9th infantry March 3, 1855; served in Washington territory from 1856 to 1860, and greatly distinguished himself in wars with the Indians of that region; and was promoted to be brigadiergeneral of volunteers Sept. 28, 1861, and appointed to command the department of the Pacific, which office he still holds (Dec. 1862), having his head-quarters at San Francisco.

WRIGHT, HORATIO GATES, major-general of volunteers in the U. S. army, born in Connec ticut about 1822, was graduated at West Point in 1841 and appointed 2d lieutenant of engineers; was acting assistant professor of engineering at West Point from Jan. 20, 1842, to Aug. 20, 1843, and assistant professor to July 2, 1844; became 1st lieutenant Feb. 28, 1845, captain in July, 1855, and major Aug. 6, 1861; was promoted to be brigadier-general of vol unteers Sept. 14, 1861, and attached to the Port Royal expedition, in which he commanded the 2d brigade. He commanded the land forces in an expedition which sailed from Port Royal Feb. 27, 1862, and successfully took possession of Fernandina, Fla., where he remained for a time as commander of the district. In July, 1862, he was ordered with his brigade to reenforce the army of the Potomac; and on Aug. 19 he was promoted to be a major-general and assigned to command the department of the Ohio, with his head-quarters at Cincin nati, where he still remains (Dec. 1862).

two years occupied his former post as editor of sen to represent the Nashville district in congress, and was reelected in 1857, his second official term expiring March 4, 1859. Origi nally a whig, the progress of the controversy respecting slavery led him to become a democrat, and he early assumed a position in congress among the advocates of extreme southern views. After the battle of Bull run he entered the confederate army, was appointed a brigadier-general, and assumed command of East Tennessee Aug. 8, 1861. He entered S. E Kentucky about Oct. 1, was defeated at Camp Wild Cat Oct, 21, and fell in an unsuccessful attack upon the national forces under Gen. G. H. Thomas near Mill Spring.