| editor, The Biographical Dictionary of America… (1906)
“ In 1855 he was made adjutant-general of New Hampshire, and as head of the state militia thoroughly reorganized the service. In 1859 he became the editor of the Boston Atlas, a journal of note. Soon after this he was appointed a commissioner for running the boundary line between New Hampshire and Canada. When the civil war broke out he entered it as lieutenant-colonel of the 7th regiment New Hampshire volunteers, and for his services during the war, notably at the storming of Fort Fisher, where he commanded a brigade, he was brevetted brigadier-general. ”
