William Gurney

                OBITUARY.
           GEN. WILLIAM GURNEY.
   Gen. William Gurney, of Charleston, S.C.,
whose death took place in in this City yesterday, was
born at Flushing, Long Island, in 1821. He was of
Quaker extraction. He came to this City in 1837,
and obtained employmentas a clerk in the wholesale
establishment of A.N. Brown, in Dey-street. He
became a junior partner of Mr. Brown, and after-
ward the head of the firm of Gurney & Underhill,
which succeeded the old firm. He always took an
active interest in the Militia in this City, and was
originally a member of the Eighth Regiment. At
the outbreak of the rebellion he was a First Lieu-
tenant in the Seventh Regiment, which he accom-
panied during its three months' term of service.
On his return to this City he accepted a Cap-
tain's commission in the Sixty-fifth Regiment, New-
York Volunteers, commanded by Col. John Cochran.
In 1862 he was appointed Assistant Inspector-Gen-
eral and Examining Officer on the staff of Gov. Mor-
gan, in which position he was required to pass upon
the qualifications of persons applying for commis-
sions in the regiments of this State. In July of that
year he received authority to raise a regiment, and
in 30 days recruited the One Hundred and Twenty-
seventh New-York Volunteers, at the head of which
he returned to the front. Later on in the same year
he was assigned to the command of the Second
Brigade in Gen. Abercrombie's Division. In 1864
he joined the command of Gen. Q.A. Gillmore, who
was then operating on the South Caro-
lina coast. He was severely wounded 
at Denoe's Neck, near Charleston, in December,
1864, and was sent North for medical treatment. On
his recovery he was assigned to duty as Commander
of the post at Charleston, and returned to that city.
He was promoted for gallantry in action to the rank
of Brigadier-General. Gen. Gurney returned to this
City in July, 1865, when he was mustered out of the
service. He then went back with his family to
Charleston, where he established himself as a mer-
chant and cotton factor. He continued to reside
there until about a year ago, when he came North on
account of his health. In 1870 Gen. Gurney was ap-
pointed Treasurer of Charleston County. He was a
member of the Electoral College in 1872 from South
Carolina, and was the Commissioner from that State
in the Centennial Exposition. Gen. Gurney was one
of the originators of the Five Points Mission in this
City, and one of the founders of Continental Lodge,
Free and Accepted Masons. He was a member of
Adelphi Chapter and Morton Commandery, and also
a member of the Veteran Association of the Seventh
Regiment. He was a gentleman of genial spirit and
strict integrity, and had a large circle of warm per-
sonal friends.