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Samuel Peter, an American military officer; born in Manheim, Pa., Sept. 30, 1805; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1826, and_ served during the Mexican War. In 1861 he commanded a division at Bull Run, July 21, where he was wounded. Afterward he was promoted Brigadier- General of volunteers. His corps formed the right wing of Pope’s army at the second battle of Bull Run, Aug. 380, 1862. During the Maryland cam- ‘ | he commanded the defenses at 5 ashing ton, and was afterward appointed to the command of the Department of Washington, and of the 22d Army Corps, which he held during the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, in May and July, 1863. He retired in 1869, with the rank of Major- General U._S. A. He died in Washington, D. C., May 1, 1880.