George Webb Morell

                       OBITUARY
                 GEN. GEORGE W. MORELL.
   Major-General George Webb Morell, who has
been an invalid for several years, died on Sunday
at "Beechwood," his residence since 1864, at Scar-
borough, a village near Sing Sing. Gen. Morell,
who was the son of the Hon. George Morell, at one
time a practicing lawyer in this City, and later
Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan,
was born at Cooperstown, Jan. 8, 1815. When 16
years of age he entered the Military Academy at
West Point, from which he was graduated in 1835,
first in a class of 56. For two years after gradua-
tion he served as a Second Lieutenant of Engineers
in surveys at Lake Erie harbors, on the Michigan
boundary, and in the construction of Fort Adams,
in Newport harbor. He left the Army in June,
1837, and after serving as a civil engineer
on the Michigan Central Railroad, aban-
doned that profession for the law, practicing in
this City from 1842 until the breaking out of the
war of the rebellion. He enlisted for service in the
Mexican War, and was appointed Major of the
Fourth New-York Volunteers, but the regiment
was never mustered into service. He was a Com-
missioner of the United States Circuit Court for
the Southern District of New-York from 1854 to
1861. At the outbreak of the war of the rebellion
he was made Chief of Staff of Major-General Sanford,
and was engaged in organizing volunteer regi-
ments and sending them to the seat of war. He
was commissioned a Brigadier-General of Volun-
teers in August, 1861, and from that time to the
close of the war was in active service with the
Army of the Potomac, participating in the battles
at Hanover Court-house, Mechanicsville, Malvern
Hill, Gaines's Mill, Manassas, and Antietam. He
was appointed Major-General of Volunteers
July 4, 1862, but as the nomination was not sent to
the Senate it expired, without confirmation, March
4, 1863. Gen. Morell was mustered out of ser-
vice in 1864, and in the same year married
a daughter of the Rev. Dr. Creighton, then the
Rector of Christ Church, Tarrytown. Gen. Morell
has lived at "Beechwood" ever since his marriage.
His health was so impaired by reason of disease
contracted while in the army that he has lived a
quiet and retired life, not actively engaging in the
practice of the law or in political or social life. His
grandfather having served as an officer in the
Revolutionary Army, Gen. Morell was a member
of the Society of the Cincinnati. He was also a
member of the Society of the Army of the Potomac.
Gen. Morell served for many years as a vestryman
of Christ Church, Tarrytown. Mrs. Morell died
about two years ago. Since her death the General
has been an invalid, suffering so much that he
rarely left his residence, and his death, which re-
sulted from a general wearing out and breaking
down of his system, was not unexpected by his
friends. He leaves no family.