Sedgwick, John
soldier, was born Sept. 13, 1813, in Cornwall, Conn. In 1837 he graduated from the United States Military academy at West Point; was appointed second lieutenant, and was first engaged in the Seminole war. In 1846 he entered the Mexican war as first lieutenant of artillery; and for his gallantry received the brevets of captain and of major. In 1862 he was made colonel of the first regular cavalry; was commissioned brigadier-general of the United States volunteers; and subsequently became major-general. He was killed in 1864 by a bullet from a sharp-shooter. A monument was erected to his memory in 1868 upon the grounds of the United States Military academy at West Point. SEDGWICK, MRS. SUSAN LIVING- STON [RIDLEY], author, was born about 1789. She was a writer for young people; and the author of Walter Thornley; The Morals of Pleasure; The Young Emigrants; Allen Prescott; and Alida, or Town and Country. She died in 1867.