Theodore Gates

     Gen. Theodore B. Gates.
 Gen. Theodore B. Gates, soldier,
lawyer, and author, died at his home,
689 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn, on Wednes-
day, from kidney disease. Gen. Gates
served in the civil war as Lieutenant
Colonel of the Twentieth New York
Volunteers, remaining with that organi-
zation until he was mustered out on July
18, 1864. He wrote a history of the regi-
ment giving a vivid description of the
engagement at Gettysburg. He was also
the author of a book entitled "Expenses
of New York State for the Civil War."
 Gen. Gates was born in Oneonta, N.
Y., in 1824. He was educated at Gilberts-
ville Academy. In 1869 he took up the
practice of law in Brooklyn. Later he
joined the Thirteenth Regiment of
Brooklyn, and became its Lieutenant
Colonel. He was President of the
Veteran Association of the regiment for
thirteen years. He is survived by his
wife, who was Ida M. Dixon of Palmyra,
N.Y., and two daughters.