A Famous Rifleman, Major George E. Albee, U. S. Army — Services In Indian Campaigns —
James Carey, U. S. S. Huron—Saving Three Lives — Thomas K. Gay, Stii U. S.
Cavalry — The Copper CANYON Fight — William Lukes, U. S. S. Colo-
Rado— A Corean Episode — Sergeant Nihill — Twenty-five
Years A Soldier — David Roche, Ist U. S. In-
Fantry— Five Terms Of Service And
Distinguished Bravery.

GEORGE EMERSON ALBEE was born in Lisbon, N. H., in 1845. He enlisted as private in Company G, 1st United States Sharpshooters, June 25, 1862.

His war record, which follows, is taken from Berdan's " U. S. Sharpshooters in the Army of the Potomac," by Captain C. A. Stevens.

A member of the Wisconsin Company (G) of Sharpshooters in 1862, ^_. who was discharged on account of wounds received at Second Bull Run, after the war attained a national reputation as an expert marksman among American riflemen as the winner of the rapidity and accuracy contest at Creedmoor in 1882, distance two hundred yards, having with a Hotchkiss rifle as a single loader fired nineteen shots in sixty seconds, making the highest score, fifty; twenty shots a minute, scoring sixty-two; and again nineteen shots, scoring sixty, defeating all competitors with all kinds of rifles, and winning the Lorillard gold medal. In 1891, Major Albee made the highest individual score in the 2nd Regiment, Connecticut National Guard rifle match at New Haven at two hundred and five hundred yards, thus showing that his initiatory lessons in sharp shooting as an active member of the field of the United States Sharpshooters attained for him good results in the future much later. He says: "Any success I have had in the profession of arms is due to the fact that I was properly started in Company G, 1st United States Sharpshooters." Major Albee's military record is comprised in the following branches of the service:

Private Company G, 1st United States Sharpshooters, 1862; private 3rd Wisconsin Battery, 1863; 2nd lieutenant 36th Wisconsin Volunteers, 1864; 1st lieutenant 36th Wisconsin Volunteers, 1865; 2nd lieutenant 36th United States Colored Troops, 1866; 2nd lieutenant 41st United States Infantry, 1867; 1st lieutenant 41st United States infantry, 1868; 1st lieutenant, 24th

United States Infantry, 1869; brevet captain United States Army, for gallantry in action with hostile Indians, September 16, 1869; 1st lieutenant United States Army, retired list, 1878; captain National Blues, Company D, 2nd Regiment, Connecticut National Guard, 1891; major and brigade inspector of rifle practice Connecticut National Guard, 1892.

During his military service he participated in the following engagements: Second Bull Run, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Petersburg (June 16-18, 1862), Strawberry Plains, Deep Run, Petersburg (July 30), Deep Bottom, Weldon Railroad, and was captured by the enemy at Reams' Station, October 25, 1864.

During his Indian service he was in the battle of State Plains, September 15-18, 1869; Brazos River, October 26-29, 1869; Texan Pan Handle, September 20, 1874; Boehm's Canon. September 26 of the same year. The following orders explain why the medal of honor was awarded:

War DEPARTMENT, Adjutant General's Office, | Washington, Jan. 30, 1894. J Lieutenant George E. Albee, U. S. Army, Retired, Winchester Arms Company, New

Haven, Conn.:—

Sir:—I have the honor to transmit herewith a medal of honor awarded you for distinguished gallantry in action with Indians October 28. IHfiO, on the Brazos River, Texas. Very respectfully, H. C. Coiusin. Assistant Adjutant General.

Major GEORGE E. Albee.

George E Albee