William DeLacy

       GENERAL DE LACY DEAD
  War Veteran and Formerly an Assessor
            of Brooklyn.
 General William De Lacy, for many years a
resident of Brooklyn, died this morning, at
his home, Orange, N.J. General De Lacy
was a native of Ireland and about 70 years of
age. When the War of the Rebellion broke
out he went to the front with the Thirty-
seventh Irish Rifles. He subsequently became
colonel of the One Hundred and Sixty-fourth
Volunteers.
 He took an active part in many battles of
the Army of the Potomac, and was wounded
on several occasions. He was breveted Briga-
dier General, owing to his meritorious ser-
vices. On his return to Brooklyn at the close
of the war he served as an assessor for a num-
ber of years and was recently chief clerk of
the Key West Naval Station. He leaves a
widow and one child.