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Ellis, Theodore Gunville

civil engineer, soldier, was born Sept. 25, 1829, in Boston, Mass. Prior to the civil war he was chief engineer of the Saratoga railroad; and had charge of silver mines in Mexico. At Gettysburg his regiment captured five battle flags in a bayonet charge; and he subsequently attained the rank of brigadier-general. In 1867 he was surveyor-general of Connecticut; and at the time of his death had charge of the government works on the Connecticut river. He died Jan. 8, 1883, in Hartford, Conn.