Humphreys, Andrew

AT KINS ON, soldier and eng i- neer, was born in Philadelphia, on Nov. 2, 1810; grad- uated from West Point (1831) and served with the engineer corps in Florida and the Mi i ippi Valley; for 5 years was in charge of the Coast Survey. He reached the rank of major, U. S. A., in 1861; the follow- ing year was made brigadier-general of volunteers, and, in 1864, major-general. He was eminent as an engineer, and achieved distinction also in action, com- manding a division at Gettysburg and a corps before Petersburg. After the war he became chief of eng i- neers, U. S. A., with the rank of brigadier-general, and retired with the rank of brevet major-general. Died Dec. 27, 1883.