Michael Kirk Bryan

The Late Col. M. K. Bryan, of Albany, One
  Hundred and Seventy-fifth Regiment New-
  York Volunteers.
 The death of Col. M.K. Bryan, of the One
Hundred and Seventy-fifth regiment of New-York
Volunteers, at the action before Port Hudson, has
been announced. His remains are daily expected
here from New-Orleans, en route for Albany.
 At the outbreak of the rebellion, Col. Bryan was in
command of the Twenty-fifth N.Y.S.M., Albany,
and was one of the first in the United States service,
the Twenty-fifth being the third regiment from this
State under the first call for 75,000 men. He recruited
his regiment to the full number, and was in New-
York in two days after he received orders, and
on the fifth day was en route for Alexandria. The full
term of the regiment was spent in that vicinity, and
during it, Fort Albany, acknowledged to be one of 
the finest defences of Washington, was constructed.
On a subsequent call the Twenty-fifth regiment and
its gallant commander were again promptly in the
field, and forward to their old quarters. On their
final return, Col. BRYAN devoted himself to the
organization of the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth
regiment. Aided by the energy of his officers and
his own popularity, he soon had the requisite num-
ber of men, and with orders for New-Orleans he was,
for the third time, at the head of a fine command, and
soon in active service.
 At the action at Port Hudson, in which he was
killed, Col. BRYAN exhibited dauntless bravery, al-
ways at the post of gallantry and danger, he set an ex-
ample which his brave men enthusiastically emu-
lated. He fell in the prime of life and the midst of
usefulness for a cause he devotedly loved. A noble-
hearted, intelligent man, a valuable and accom-
plished officer, he offered himself to his country,
with the premonition that he was giving his life. It
is well that the authorities and citizens of Albany
should, as they design to, pay all honor to the memory
of the gallant BRYAN.
 The officers and members of the One Hundred and
Seventy-fifth--the friends of the deceased in this City
--will need no other suggestion than that conatined
in the following call for befitting action when the re-
mains reach here:
 "All officers of the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth
regiment at present in this City, as well as well as the friends of
the late Col. M. K. BRYAN, who fell while nobly leading
his regiment in the late attack on Port Hudson, are re-
quested to meet at the Park Hotel, on Thursday, July 2,
at 3 o'clock P. M., to make preparations for the reception
of his remains."